§ 41 Constitution of the Canton of Zug, (1894)
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§ 41 Constitution of the Canton of Zug, (1894) The Grand Council has the following powers: a. the decision regarding the full powers of its members; b. the exclusive right to legislate, subject to the provisions of §§ 33, 34, and 35; c. the supreme oversight over authorities, as well as over the preservation and application of the Constitution and laws; d. the supreme oversight over the State's finances; e. it sets salaries and administrative emoluments; f. the right of pardon and amnesty for political crimes and offenses; g. it approves the activity reports of the State Council, the Supreme Court, and the Administrative Court, as well as the State account that the State Council must present each year; h. it establishes the budgets and supplementary credits and approves the service mandates; i. the approval of all agreements with other cantons, subject to federal competence, as well as agreements on the delivery of salt; k. the handling of petitions and appeals submitted; l. 1. it sets the number of judges and deputy judges of the Cantonal Court and the Criminal Court for a term of six years, 2. it sets the number of professional judges for each court and their appointment from among the members of the concerned court, 3. it elects the president of the Cantonal Court and the Criminal Court from among the members of these courts, 4. it elects the president of the Supreme Court and the Administrative Court from among the members of these courts, 5. it elects the extraordinary deputy judges of the courts; the law determines the modalities, [tab] for a term of four years each; m. it elects the Cantonal Chancellor; n. it confirms the appointment by the State Council of the members of the Bank Council and the supervisory body of the Zug Cantonal Bank, who are to be appointed by the canton; o. it resolves jurisdictional conflicts between executive and judicial powers; p. ... q. it exercises all other rights of sovereignty to the extent that they are not expressly limited by the current federal and cantonal constitutions; and r. it exercises the rights of participation that the federal constitution grants to the cantons (convocation of the Federal Assembly, referendum, cantonal initiative).
§ 41 1894
The Grand Council has the following powers: a. the decision regarding the full powers of its members; b. the exclusive right to legislate, subject to the provisions of §§ 33, 34, and 35; c. the supreme oversight over authorities, as well as over the preservation and application of the Constitution and laws; d. the supreme oversight over the State's finances; e. it sets salaries and administrative emoluments; f. the right of pardon and amnesty for political crimes and offenses; g. it approves the activity reports of the State Council, the Supreme Court, and the Administrative Court, as well as the State account that the State Council must present each year; h. it establishes the budgets and supplementary credits and approves the service mandates; i. the approval of all agreements with other cantons, subject to federal competence, as well as agreements on the delivery of salt; k. the handling of petitions and appeals submitted; l. 1. it sets the number of judges and deputy judges of the Cantonal Court and the Criminal Court for a term of six years, 2. it sets the number of professional judges for each court and their appointment from among the members of the concerned court, 3. it elects the president of the Cantonal Court and the Criminal Court from among the members of these courts, 4. it elects the president of the Supreme Court and the Administrative Court from among the members of these courts, 5. it elects the extraordinary deputy judges of the courts; the law determines the modalities, [tab] for a term of four years each; m. it elects the Cantonal Chancellor; n. it confirms the appointment by the State Council of the members of the Bank Council and the supervisory body of the Zug Cantonal Bank, who are to be appointed by the canton; o. it resolves jurisdictional conflicts between executive and judicial powers; p. ... q. it exercises all other rights of sovereignty to the extent that they are not expressly limited by the current federal and cantonal constitutions; and r. it exercises the rights of participation that the federal constitution grants to the cantons (convocation of the Federal Assembly, referendum, cantonal initiative).